Welcome to our very first interview. Sasha is a winner of the Tyrell Awards and our judges found her book marvelous. Read the following interview to learn more about her book and her writing process. 

Client: Sasha_Samuel

Interviewer: -AmiNotFound

What inspired you to write a book in such a genre as the Missing Delirium? 

I actually started out writing it without the "Contagious Missing Delirium" in the beginning. Then I wanted to make the story more strong, and more mysterious, hence, I invented the disease. 

In your opinion, who was the most fascinating character/plot device/relationship from a narrative point of view? 

The most fascinating character would be Electra Withers. Plot device would be the disease, I also loved developing feelings between the main character and her love interest

Speaking of writing, what motivated you to write such an amazing book? Was it other media, a fellow writer, or something else? 

It was because I was feeling lonely. Somehow I turned that into writing characters and it made me feel full, contented. 

Were there any moments where you felt like you couldn't continue or had a case of writer's block? 

Luckily I didn't have writer's block when I was writing the book but I was definitely exhausted and I had my TMJD pain flare up.

Did you ever feel like changing a specific plot point? If so, why did you end up using it? 

In the beginning, I wanted to keep everything platonic between the characters, but that didn't work out. As I kept writing I could see some chemistry between a few characters and I built it up.

Did you ever doubt your skills or overestimate your abilities? 

Oh, I did. And the proof is my book had got roasted plenty of times by judges on Wattpad but, to be honest, it did help me edit my book.

What advice/quote helped you improve the most? 

One of my friends told me to read what I wrote out loud so I'd know if there were any mistakes and another friend once told me to read after a few hours so I'd not dive into the read more and scroll through the mistakes.

Were there any last moment changes or edits that weren't originally planned? 

Yup, there were a lot. I had the plot very differently in the beginning and then I had to twist it into another thing as I went on writing

Do you have any advice or tips for fellow writers who see you and the Missing Delirium as a true masterpiece? 

I'd say it's definitely not a masterpiece. It's a work in progress. But if I had to give a piece of advice I'd tell them always to have a plot and then work their way through it. Not having a plot will keep the story swaying precariously.

Thank you for your time, Sasha, I truly wish you the best and congratulations.

Thank you and I wish you good luck too. I really enjoyed answering your questions. You have framed really interesting questions!